Brown v. Carkeek

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, J.

On April 21,1887, the plaintiffs and respondents made and executed their lease in writing, whereby they demised and let to Elisha P. Ferry and John H. McGraw lot 5 in block C of A. A. Denny’s first addition to the city of Seattle, with the appurtenances. Subsequently said Ferry and McGraw assigned all their interest in the lease and the term created thereby to one Kittenger, who, in March, 1889, assigned to the defendants and appellants, Carkeek and Nicholas. This block C. was laid out on the water front of Seattle and was bounded on the…